The CS:GO team of Arcade has parted with Pavel “hutji” Lashkov and Dmitriy “jR” Chervak, citing their poor performance at the CIS Minor as the reason. Arcade, who only played two maps at the minor before being shot down, have also announced that taking the place of these two will be former Flipsid3 Tactics and Worst Players player Vadim “DavCost” Vasilyev, joined by Anton “kibaken” Kolesnikov, who was last seen playing alongside DavCost for Worst Players in January. The two have played together very often before, both being on Worst Players and starting their careers together at local LANs in Moscow.

After the changes, the Arcade roster is now:

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YellOwStaR returns to Fnatic

The prodigal son of League Of Legends returns. YellOwStaR makes his way back home to EU after not finding success in NA.

Back in December 2015, we announced Bora “YellOwStaR” Kim’s departure from Fnatic. He had decided that he wanted to experience a change of scenery, having spent most of his professional gaming career with FNC. Today, however, marks his return to Europe as he will once again be wearing the infamous black and orange colors.

YellOwStaR spent the entire 2016 North American League Championship Series Spring Split with Team SoloMid. Although TSM is a respected team in North America, their roster seemed to only look good on paper. Many thought that with the [...]

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FORG1VEN leaves, Freeze joins H2K roster

League of Legends‘ H2k Gaming revealed the addition of Renegades ADC Aleš “Freeze” Kněžínek on Saturday.

European titans H2k Gaming were left dazed and confused after the departure of their carry, Konstantinos “FORG1VENGRE” Tzortziou. Losing the top-tier ADC left H2k’s potential for the summer in question.

Luckily,I t didn’t take long for them to find a replacement .

The team posted on Facebook that Aleš “Freeze” Kněžínek had been transferred from LA Renegades, and will make his return to the European LCS in the 2016 Summer Split.

Kněžínek had this to say about the move.

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Riot loses the man in charge of player behavior

Ever wondered who and what school of thought is behind the infamous Summoner’s Tribunal? Ever wondered who is in charge of cleaning house in League of Legends when it comes to “Ok, I troll now xD”? You are about to find out, but you are also about to find out that he is leaving Riot.

One of the most important and known people in the League community is departing from Riot Games. Jeffrey “Lyte” Lin announced that he is leaving in search of other opportunities.

Lin was the Lead Game Designer of Social Systems at Riot and was responsible for much of the player feedback tools and utilities. His mission was to eradicate negative behaviour in the League [...]